Fastener for vessel-tops.



H.- C.- J. SGHARMANN.

FABTENEH r011 VESSEL TOPS.

APYLIUATION FILED APB. 2,191'0.

Patented Aug. 30, 1910.

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HENRY C. J. SCHARMANN, OF CHAMPION CITY, MISSOURI.

FASTENER FOR VESSEL-TOPS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 30, 1910.

Application filed April 2, 1910. Serial No. 553,133.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY C. J. SOHLAR- MANN, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Champion City, in the county of Franklin and Stateof Missouri, have invented a new and useful Fastener for Vessel-Tops;and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The invention relates to a top or cover for buckets, tubs and the like,or square containers.

The essential features of my invention consist in a top or cover havingone ear or more on each side to correspond with the ears that are fixedto the bucket or tub.

In this invention I will describe the members as relating to a bucket,and it will be understood that these members are equally applicable toother vessels.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists in thenovel construction and arrangement of parts hereinafter described andshown and particularly pointed out in the claim.

In the drawings :Figure 1 is a perspective view of a bucket and coverconstructed in accordance with this invention. Fig. 2 is a Verticalsectional view.

Referring to the drawings, 1 designates a bucket which is provided withears 2, one on each side thereof. Opposite each of these ears, is an ear3, which ears 3 are fixed to the top of the cover, each ear of the coverfacing an ear 2 of the bucket 1, thus forming a pair. Each pair of carsis provided with three apertures, the lower ones 4. of which aredesigned to receive the hooked ends of a handle, by which the vessel 'orbucket is carried.

The upper part of each ear is provided with a pair of apertures 5adapted to receive a wire for firmly locking the ears in engagement witheach other. WVhen it is desired to remove the top, the handle must firstbe unhooked, and then the flexible locking member 6 must be removed fromthe apertures 5, which will permit the top to be removed.

What is claimed is The combination of a vessel and a removable top, saidtop having an car on each side and secured thereto, said vessel havingan car on each side near the upper periphery of the vessel, said earsbeing designed to be placed in registration and provided with pairs ofregistering apertures near their upper ends and having registeringapertures below the first named apertures and flexible membersinterlaced through the pairs of first named apertures, and a handlehaving free hooked ends engaging through the registering apertures belowthe first named apertures, said hooked ends being adapted to bedisengaged from the ears when pressed inwardly.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

HENRY C. J. SCHARMANN.

Witnesses:

EMIL MUELLER, ANNA MUELLER.

